The Pleasures of Restaurant Dining on an Interstitial Cystitis Diet!

Having a chronic illness like interstitial cystitis can deplete your time and energy, and it can be tempting to order in or eat out. However, eating … [Read more...]

Sharon – New York | Interstitial Cystitis

My problems with my bladder began in August of 2001. I woke up one morning with urgency, frequency, and pain, all which came on very quickly. I had … [Read more...]

D – Los Angeles | Interstitial cystitis

One afternoon in 1998 I thought I had a bladder infection.  I was very uncomfortable and thought I just needed to drink some cranberry juice and get … [Read more...]

Popcorn Anyone?

One of the best Christmas gifts I received last year was a Cuisinart popcorn popper. Nearly every Sunday night I pop a big potful. I love … [Read more...]

Winter Soups & Comfort Food

Many people with bladder problems cannot use canned soups because they contain tomato products, monosodium glutamate (MSG), vinegar, or even mystery … [Read more...]

Baking Bread | Interstitial Cystitis

Interstitial Cystitis-Baking Bread

One of my goals for 2011 has been to do things that I used to love doing but haven't done for years. You know...things like get my flute back out and … [Read more...]

How Can Modifying My Diet Help Interstitial Cystitis / Painful Bladder Syndrome?

Interstitial Cystitis - Modifying My Diet

One thing that 98% of interstitial cystitis/bladder pain patients agree on is that diet does help, and it is one of the things we have in our control. … [Read more...]

New Research Finds Interstitial Cystitis Diet Not Need to Be SOO Restrictive

A cross-sectional study conducted by the University of South Florida found that the Interstitial Cystitis Diet does NOT have to limit the majority of … [Read more...]

S. Los Angeles | Interstitial cystitis

When I first met with Matia, it was only after many visits to my urologist and several other “alternative” attempts to solve my bladder problem … [Read more...]

Emotional Challenges of Chronic Illness

It is common for people who are diagnosed with a chronic illness to pass through the same “Stages of Grief” that were first described in 1969 by … [Read more...]

How Food Can Affect a Painful Bladder | Interstitial Cystitis

How Food Can Affect a Painful Bladder - Interstitial Cystitis

Before I wrote the first version of Customizing the Interstitial Cystitis Diet, one concept I had to work around--delicately I might add--was the idea … [Read more...]

Trouble.. dealing with getting a new doctor | Interstitial Cystitis

I'm Jenna, I'm 24, pregnant, divorced and diagnosed with interstitial cystitis in 2009. My condition has been poorly managed and I have suffered alot … [Read more...]

Interstitial Cystitis: A Survivor’s Tale

Six years ago inside a 1920s cabin, complete with wood stove and a white claw foot tub, perched high in the mountains of Colorado lived a woman and a … [Read more...]

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